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View all search resultsPolice seize 29 kilos of meth smuggled from Thailand to Aceh
A man has been arrested in Aceh over an attempt to smuggle 29 kilograms of the illicit substance, in the latest case along the eastern Sumatra coast amid a surge in drug trafficking activities across Southeast Asia, according to an UNODC report.
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Indonesian Navy personnel inspect packages of methamphetamine on May 26, 2025, at the Batam Customs Port in Riau Islands province. (Antara/Teguh Prihatna)
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he North Sumatra Police have arrested a suspect allegedly connected to an international drug syndicate over an attempt to smuggle 29 kilograms of methamphetamine from Thailand to Aceh.
The suspect, a resident of East Aceh regency identified only by the initial M, was apprehended on March 8 on the Banda Aceh-Medan highway.
Sr. Comr. Andy Arisandi, director of the North Sumatra Police's narcotics investigations unit, said M was believed to be a courier who had been tasked with also distributing the drugs to several regions in the country.
“Our investigation indicates that M obtained the methamphetamine from an Indonesian national based in Thailand, identified as R. We are currently working to locate and apprehend R,” Andy said on Monday.
He added that a third individual identified as I who was currently serving a sentence in an Aceh prison was assisting in the Thailand-Indonesia drug smuggling operation.
The illicit operation came to light after the police received intelligence on March 7 about a large narcotics shipment headed from Thailand to Aceh, Andy said.
A formal investigation was launched and a day later, officers tracked a car driven by M to a gas station on the Banda Aceh-Medan highway in Peureulak district, East Aceh, where he received two burlap sacks believed to contain narcotics.
